Compare And Contrast The Cask Of Amontillado And A Poison Tree

The Cask of Amontillado and A Poison Tree are two different types of writing but are very similar in context. They both show what anger can lead to but in different ways. The poem and the story have main characters who are mad and they both get revenge on the person. The main similarity in both texts is the main characters being angry and wanting to get revenge.” I was angry with my foe: I told it not, my wrath did grow.” that quote from the poem shows the hatred and how it started to build up each time the person didn’t say anything.” Nemo me impune lacessit.” Montresor was using verbal irony here when saying that and what he was really trying to say was that he was going to get Fortunato whether he knew it or not. Another similarity is the enemies being punished for what they’ve done. In the end of A Poison Tree the foe is metaphorically dead to the main person, “in the morning glad I see, my foe outstretched beneath the tree”. Blake was basically trying to say that he no longer must deal with the anger anymore because he’s cutting all ties with his foe and he’s now dead to him. In The Cask of Amontillado Montresor took Fortunato to the catacombs and locked him there and left him to die. “I must not punish but punish with impunity” that …show more content…
“I was angry with my foe: I told it not, my wrath did grow” Blake clearly stated in the poem that he never told his foe what the problem was between them and that’s why the hatred grew so much. Montresor was mad at Fortunato but never said why and he also never confronted him for it. He went straight from being angry to planning to kill him. “As was my wont, to smile in his face, and e did not perceive that my smile now was at the thought of hi immolation” Poe also showed how if you don’t tell someone your hatred or concerns for them the hate will grow and may lead to serious